室shì
a room, chamber. 9 strokes, radical 宀, first met in HSK 2.
What 室 is made of
宀 (gài, roof) and 至 (zhì, reach).
宀 carries the meaning — roof — and 至 carries the sound.
How to write 室
Strokes 1–3 write 宀, then strokes 4–9 write 至.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 室
Words that use 室
| 室 | a room, chamber 隔开的一个房间，专门用来做某件事 专家走进无尘的操作室校准仪器。The expert entered the clean room to calibrate the instruments. Lesson 220, 实验工坊与参数调试 · 科学探索与实验求索 · Scientific Exploration, Laboratory Experiments & Physical Inquiry |
| 教室 | classroom, lecture hall 老师和学生一起上课的房间 同学们安静地坐在教室里。The students sit quietly in the classroom. Lesson 38, 上课 · 鸿儒硕学与市井生计 · Scholarly Exchanges, Culinary Flavors & Urban Life |
| 卧室 | bedroom 指供睡觉休息的房间 他们把老人卧室打扫干净。They cleaned the elder's bedroom spotless. Lesson 497, 德润温居 · 笃守圭臬与温润崇德 · Principled Duty & Cultivated Warmth |
| 办公室 | office 老师或工作人员平时办公的房间 李老师习惯早上在办公室备课。Teacher Li likes to prepare lessons in the office each morning. Lesson 2, 努力学习 · 温情相伴与日夕起居 · Affection, Campus Routine & Daily Vitality |
| 实验室 | a laboratory 专门用来做科学实验的房间 国家重点实验室迎来攻坚节点。The state key laboratory reached a critical stage in its work. Lesson 220, 实验工坊与参数调试 · 科学探索与实验求索 · Scientific Exploration, Laboratory Experiments & Physical Inquiry |
| 阅览室 | reading room 指供人在校内阅读书刊的房间 学校阅览室成为温暖的安置点。The school reading room became a warm shelter. Lesson 519, 同舟共济 · 笃行安澜与同舟共济 · Steadfast Peace & Standing Together in Adversity |
| 地下室 | basement 指建筑物地面以下的房间 居民楼地下室铺设防潮木地板。The residential building's basement got moisture-proof wood flooring. Lesson 568, 九域织网 · 笃行实证与智网经纬 · Modern Infrastructure & Civic Rigor |
Characters that share the sound part 至
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 宀
All 32 of them, and what the radical means, on the 宀 radical page.